Ride-hailing giant Uber Technologies has rolled out Uber Cash in South Africa to encourage contactless payments amid the Covid-19 crisis.
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Uber Technologies said on Wednesday trip requests were gradually picking up, but still remained significantly below prior year levels, as several countries start to lift coronavirus-led restrictions.
Online taxi-hailing platforms, streaming sites and subscription-based digital newspapers are among marketplace service providers that Kenya plans to tax, according to proposals by its revenue agency.
Dramatic changes at Uber represent a humbling of the ride-hailing giant, which has offices all over the world and has advertised its ambitions to become a one-stop-shop for global travel.
Uber Technologies will concentrate on its core businesses in ride-hailing and food delivery after the company announced a second round of job cuts during the coronavirus pandemic.
Uber Technologies will eliminate 3 700 jobs and permanently close 180 driver service centres, the first in a series of cost-cutting measures to be announced in the next two weeks.
Uber Technologies is developing technology to detect whether its drivers are wearing masks or face coverings before they go online and accept trips, CNN reported.
Uber Technologies withdrew its financial guidance for 2020 and said it will write down about US$2-billion in investments after the coronavirus pandemic upended the ride-hailing business.
Ride-hailing company Bolt Technology, formerly known as Taxify, is seeking credit support from the Estonian government after banks turned down requests for loans.
The tech bubble is popping, but not in the way anyone expected. After years of fretting that free-spending start-ups with unrealistic valuations would bring down the start-up economy on its own, a global pandemic is doing it in instead.